Author in the Room: Bacterial Coinfection in Influenza: A Grand Rounds Review

 ​February 2013 Author in the Room® Teleconference

 

Author: Daniel S. Chertow, MD, MPH

 

Article: Bacterial Coinfection in Influenza: A Grand Rounds Review

 

Summary Points:

  • Influenza vaccine remains the best available tool for prevention of severe influenza illness commonly associated with bacterial coinfection.
  • Early empirical antiviral and antibiotic therapy should be administered to all individuals with suspected coinfection.
  • Vancomycin or linezolid should be administered in addition to standard therapy for community-acquired pneumonia to patients with severe or necrotizing pneumonia and or evidence of sepsis.

 

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